Hormones and Infertility

Infertility is defined as not being able to get pregnant despite having frequent, unprotected sex for at least a year for most people and six months in certain circumstances. Roughly 50% of the women evaluated for infertilityprogressed to treatment, and only a small proportion were treated with more advanced assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization.

Infertility refers to the biological inability of an individual to contribute to conception, or to a female who cannot carry a pregnancy to full term. Common causes of infertility of females include: ovulation problems, tubal blockage, pelvic inflammatory disease caused by infections like tuberculosis, age-related factors, uterine problems, previous tubal ligation, endometriosis and advanced maternal age. The main cause of male infertility is low semen quality.